The devil's home stadium 80,000 people cheer + CCTV5 live broadcast! Champions League Dortmund vs. Atletico Madrid, impact the semi-finals
The second leg of the 2023/24 Champions League 1/4 finals will start, at 3 a.m. Beijing time on April 17, Europe's most famous devil's home stadium Iduna Signal Park will usher in a key battle, Hornets Dortmund will play against La Liga giants Atletico Madrid in the cheers of more than 80,000 fans at home, in the first leg of the competition, Dortmund lost 1-2 away, but retained the hope of promotion, CCTV's CCTV5 will broadcast the game live.
As the most prestigious stadium in European football, the Signal Park Stadium of Iduna was formerly known as the Westphalian Stadium, and the Hornets have the highest attendance rate in Europe. In the first leg, Dortmund's defense made mistakes in the first half, Atletico scored two goals in a row, and in the second half, Alli pulled one back, and in stoppage time, Brandt missed a good chance to equalize, and Atletico Madrid took the lead 2-1.
However, Dortmund scored a goal away from home, although UEFA has abolished the away goals rule, but the difference of only one goal makes the second leg full of suspense, and Dortmund has a chance to complete the reversal with the blessing of the home fans. Dortmund is fighting for the top four in the Bundesliga, and will go all out to hit the Champions League semi-finals and earn points for the Bundesliga in Europe, which is also the "curve to save the country", the Bundesliga is likely to get the top two European points, so as to get 5 Champions League places next season, Dortmund is not only impacting the Champions League semi-finals, but also winning Champions League qualifications for themselves.
The match between Borussia Dortmund and Atletico Madrid is the lowest value of the four quarter-finals, with Dortmund worth 464 million euros and Atletico Madrid worth 418 million euros, which is about the same value between the two teams. Dortmund has won 4 waiters and 4 draws in the last 8 Champions League home games to remain unbeaten, while Atletico Madrid has only won 1 win, 2 draws and 4 losses in the Champions League away from home in the past two seasons, which is a typical away bug.
Judging from the recent form of the two teams, Dortmund's record in the last 10 games in all competitions is 6 wins, 1 draw and 3 losses, and they are on the same points as RB Leipzig in the Bundesliga, but they are ranked 5th due to goal difference. On the other hand, Atletico Madrid's last 10 games are 5 wins, 1 draw and 4 losses, the two teams are in comparable form, Atletico Madrid is ranked 4th in La Liga, and has won all three games.
Judging from the injury situation of the two teams, Dortmund, Alli may be reimbursed for the season due to injury, Gittens, Bensebaini are unavailable due to injury, and Sancho and Malen are back from injury and can play. For Atletico, Depay, Hermoso and Marcos Paul will be sidelined, while Simeone could retain the starting line-up for the first leg.
For Borussia Dortmund, the return of Jadon Sancho and Malen has been good for the attack, especially as Malen has been Dortmund's top scorer this season, scoring 13 goals in all competitions, but Alle's injury has had an impact on the attacking end. For Atletico, the attacking duo of Antoine Griezmann and Alvaro Morata have scored 41 goals in all competitions, and Dortmund will have to guard against the duo's combination.
Borussia Dortmund have missed out on the last four of the Champions League for 10 consecutive seasons since finishing runners-up in the 2012/13 season, with their best result being four quarter-finals. Atletico, on the other hand, have reached the semi-finals three times and finished runners-up twice in the last 10 years, but the last time they reached the last four was in the 2016/17 season. Considering the difference between the home and away records of the two teams, Dortmund has a chance to complete the reversal in this round.